What happens when a hardcore American thug and hustler meets a young African wannabe gangsta in New York?

Culture shock for the African when he finds out the real deal in the thug life, in the hood, in the mean streets of America, that wearing the wrong colors can get you killed, that being at the wrong place at the wrong time can be a fatal mistake.

Culture shock for the American gangsta

when the African pulls his girl, because she finds him real and grounded among other things.

Together, the unlikely pair go up against the big boys and end up with more problems than they bargained for.